[network] @ADMIN; Obituary [DAY 164]

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We mourn the loss of those who have died in the time between the last announcement and this one:

Nathan Young
Fiona
Cecil Palmer
Natasha Romanov
Tony Stark
Toriel

Comments

[ninjainviolet]

No. I saw that. I just figured I'd check to see if they moved during the day, that's all.

[ There's a pause before she continues. ]

Does that only happen with the beacon on?

[rubikscomplex]

no idea
mine's been on too long to have thought about testing it
is yours off?

[ninjainviolet]

No. Mine's been on almost around the time the option first came up.

But that could mean something, anyway. It's not the beacon attracting them obviously.

How many people do you travel with?

[rubikscomplex]

anomalies definitely target people with the beacon app
seen it myself

i'm traveling with one other person at the moment

I am now just realizing the irony of this conversation...LOL

[ninjainviolet]

Well...other than my own doing, I was targeted only one other time. The anomaly just came out of nowhere and chased me.

And I was alone at that time.

[rubikscomplex]

what do you mean your own doing?

[ninjainviolet]

[ Her voice is quiet when she answers. ]

I made myself bait for some monsters so others could get away.

[ Remember when she came back thinking she was seven? Yeah...that's when she did that. ]

[rubikscomplex]

[House sighs to himself. But being a self-sacrificial idiot here doesn't seem to be unusual.]

let's try to avoid that idiocy in the future

[ninjainviolet]

[ It's how she rolls, man. ]

I'll try.

[ At least it's something? ]

[rubikscomplex]

as the great philosopher yoda once said:
"do. or do not. there is no try."

[ninjainviolet]

Then why did you ask me to "try" to avoid doing it?

[ At least she had agreed to that. ]

[rubikscomplex]

turn of phrase
it means don't do it again where i'm from, poindexter

[ninjainviolet]

[ She chuckles. ]

Yeah...it kinda means the same thing where I'm from, too. I just have a hard time making those kinds of promises.

So..."try" is seriously the best I can do.

[ She's being sincere, House. ]

[rubikscomplex]

whatever
it's your life
and waste of time

[ninjainviolet]

[ Says the man who provokes people into killing him. ]

If it saves people, how is it a waste of time?

[rubikscomplex]

depending on who the people are
you might be more valuable

[ninjainviolet]

That's kind of a cold-hearted point of view for a doctor to have, isn't it?

[rubikscomplex]

i have three patients dying from bullet wounds
one firefighter
one waitress
one rando homeless guy
i only have the time and resources to assist one
they all have an equal chance of survival
i'm saving the firefighter

that's basic logic
and i'm sorry
did i ever give you the impression i was anything apart from a cold-hearted bastard?

[ninjainviolet]

But where are you putting your life on the line for them? Wasn't that the topic of the conversation?

[ So not going for the bait, Doc. ]

[rubikscomplex]

equivalency
you wanna play it that way, okay
you have the chance to jump in front of the bullet for one of those people
which one do you choose?

[ninjainviolet]

[ What other way is there to play? ]

The one I can get to first, and attempt to get the other two out of the way by throwing something at them.

[ She might fail, but she was still going to try to save all of them. ]

[rubikscomplex]

[House just shakes his head.]

forget it
when the chips are down
i know what any sane person would choose
all other things being equal
later